Chapter 1.4 – Going for Gold

Series 1 Episode 5 The one in which Neil qualifies for the Olympics… Dope testing. As a film and television sound professional who has been fortunate to achieve a certain longevity in this most capricious of businesses, it would be difficult for me to single out any one job that has been either the most…

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Chapter 1.3 – A Hire Car is the fastest car in the world

Series 1 Episode 4 The one in which Heather and Neil play Bonnie and Clyde… ‘We’ve not had that spirit here since 1869…’ The Sydney InterContinental Hotel might only have been a couple of blocks away from our quarantine hotel of the previous two weeks, but the five-star service, surroundings and sensation were a world…

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Chapter 1.2 – Welcome to Quarantino Bay

Series 1 Episode 3 The one in which Heather and Neil give peace a chance… Two’s company, three’s a cluster Our Etihad Airways 787 touched down smoothly on the rain-lashed tarmac of Kingsford Smith airport, having flown like an arrow at 250 metres per second through the Arabian night. We arrived with the disorientation familiar…

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